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What are you thoughts on Bachmann,LGB, Hartland , old time passenger,baggage,combine cars. Likely D& RG. good,better best?? I know there is a slight difference in scale. What engine would you suggest.
SteveZ

I personally like the looks of the Bachmann Jackson Sharpe cars the best. They look great behind the Annie (4-6-0). They would also look good behind LGB’s Mogul. LGB cars would be 2nd choice and run behind the same locomotives. I don’t own any Hartland and am not too familiar with them. They just never impressed me.

Steve Zimmermann said:
What are you thoughts on Bachmann,LGB, Hartland , old time passenger,baggage,combine cars. Likely D& RG. good,better best?? I know there is a slight difference in scale. What engine would you suggest. SteveZ

Steve, You have not mentioned what you’ll be pulling these with. I favorites are the USA cars Overton type cars in 1:24 (I just picked up my third) and the Aristo Sierra cars in 1:29. Here are a few pics behind my AristoClassic C-16’s (1:24) - USA cars

Sierras and a Heavyweight

-Brian

Brian, what are the three silver things that look a little like rockets next to your fence?

Dave Healy said:
Brian, what are the three silver things that look a little like rockets next to your fence?
Keen eye, Dave. That made me laugh. They are some old hexagonal, clay, drain pipes I had dug up on a job. I made tops for them from aluminum flashing and painted them with some chrome paint. I was going to use them for futuristic silos but have rethought that idea. They may return to the layout in another incarnation or not.

-Brian

Yep, they look like silos - for Minutemen!!!

Dave Healy said:
Yep, they look like silos - for Minutemen!!!
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